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Festivals in Vietnam |
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Vietnam is a vibrant country, brimming with life and enthusiasm and portraying a colorful image of an ideal fiesta center where indigenous and foreign people come together to get the effervescent flavor of the short spanned life. The people of Vietnam are widely known for their vivacious spirits and the innumerable festivals celebrated in Vietnam. Surprisingly, Vietnam lionizes various festivals for almost every month of the year. In other words, there are different festivals in every month that are elaborately arranged and observed by the Vietnamese
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The festive season in Vietnam is generally accompanied by a wave of exuberance imbued in the impressively large crowd of Vietnamese. Preparations are made much in advance and each of these innumerable Vietnamese festivals are eagerly awaited to be thoroughly enjoyed. Festivals in Vietnam are many and varied and most of these have a very interesting historical significance and legendary stories attached to them. The diverse cities and towns of Vietnam have their own special festivals each of which are strikingly different from the other with regards to its purpose as well as its ways of celebration. Some of the most popular festivals in Vietnam are-:
- Wrestling Festival in Lieu Doi, Nam Ha
- Festival of Dong Da Hill
- Eel catching festival in Ving Lac district of Vinh Phu
- Cultural festival in the village of Trieu Khuc
- Lim Festival, Ha Bac
- Ba Den mountain's spring festival
- Festival of Huong Pagoda, Ha Tay
- Festival of Hung Temple
- Giong Festival in Hanoi
- Water festival in Nha Trang
- Festival of Nghinh Ong in Tien Giang
- Buffalo fighting festival, Do Son, Hai Phong
- Festival of Dong Quan in Chan Tien Pagoda, Hanoi
The pagoda temples and the traditional rituals of the country makes Vietnam rich in its cultural heritage, so much so, that leisure travelers and tourists pay an exclusive visit to the country only to celebrate these diverse festivals in Vietnam. Vietnam Festivals pay tribute to their gods and goddesses as also to their much respected kings and queens. If you are planning to visit Vietnam in your near future, plan your trip in a way that you can attend at least of these fabulous and awe-inspiring festivals of Vietnam.
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